Segment Reporting

6 Months Ended

Mar. 28, 2020

SEGMENT REPORTING

We operate in four reportable segments: Beef, Pork, Chicken, and Prepared Foods. We measure segment profit as operating income (loss). International/Other primarily includes our foreign operations in Australia, China, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Thailand and the United Kingdom, third-party merger and integration costs and corporate overhead related to Tyson New Ventures, LLC.

Beef: Beef includes our operations related to processing live fed cattle and fabricating dressed beef carcasses into primal and sub-primal cuts and case-ready products. Products are marketed domestically to consumer products and food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international export markets. This segment also includes sales from allied products such as hides and variety meats, as well as logistics operations to move products through the supply chain.

Pork: Pork includes our operations related to processing live market hogs and fabricating pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal cuts and case-ready products. Products are marketed domestically to consumer products and food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international export markets. This segment also includes our live swine group, related allied product processing activities and logistics operations to move products through the supply chain.

Chicken: Chicken includes our domestic operations related to raising and processing live chickens into, and purchasing raw materials for, fresh, frozen and value-added chicken products, as well as sales from allied products. Our value-added chicken products primarily include breaded chicken strips, nuggets, patties, tenders, wings and other ready-to-fix or fully cooked chicken parts. Products are marketed domestically to consumer products and food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, convenience stores, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international export markets. This segment also includes logistics operations to move products through our domestic supply chain and the global operations of our chicken breeding stock subsidiary.

Prepared Foods: Prepared Foods includes our operations related to manufacturing and marketing frozen and refrigerated food products and logistics operations to move products through the supply chain. This segment includes brands such as Jimmy Dean®, Hillshire Farm®, Ball Park®, Wright®, State Fair®, as well as artisanal brands Aidells®, and Gallo Salame®. Products primarily include ready-to-eat sandwiches, sandwich components such as flame-grilled hamburgers and Philly steaks, pepperoni, bacon, breakfast sausage, turkey, lunchmeat, hot dogs, flour and corn tortilla products, appetizers, snacks, prepared meals, ethnic foods, side dishes, meat dishes, breadsticks and processed meats. Products are marketed domestically to consumer products and food retailers, foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, convenience stores, healthcare facilities, the military and other food processors, as well as to international export markets.

We allocate expenses related to corporate activities to the segments, except for third-party merger and integration costs and corporate overhead related to Tyson New Ventures, LLC, which are included in International/Other. Intersegment transactions, which were at market prices, are included in the segment sales in the table below.

Information on segments and a reconciliation to income before income taxes are as follows (in millions):



	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	March 28, 2020			March 30, 2019			March 28, 2020			March 30, 2019
Sales:
Beef	$	3,979		$	3,884		$	7,817		$	7,810
Pork	1,266			1,172			2,645			2,351
Chicken	3,397			3,407			6,689			6,522
Prepared Foods	2,080			2,027			4,220			4,176
International/Other	465			277			963			420
Intersegment	(299		)	(324		)	(631		)	(643		)
Total sales	$	10,888		$	10,443		$	21,703		$	20,636



	Three Months Ended							Six Months Ended
	March 28, 2020			March 30, 2019				March 28, 2020			March 30, 2019
Operating income (loss):
Beef	$	109		$	156			$	519		$	461
Pork	93			100				284			195
Chicken	99			141			^(a)	156			301			^(a)
Prepared Foods	191			245				349			510
International/Other	9		^(b)	(7		)	^(b)	19		^(b)	(25		)	^(b)
Total operating income	501			635				1,327			1,442

Total other expense	10			107				111			201

Income before income taxes	$	491		$	528			$	1,216		$	1,241

(a) Chicken operating income included $5 million and $13 million in Keystone Foods purchase accounting and acquisition related costs for the three and six months ended March 30, 2019, respectively.

(b) International/Other operating results included $6 million and $24 million in Keystone Foods purchase accounting and acquisition related costs for the three and six months ended March 30, 2019, respectively. There were no third-party merger and integration costs and corporate overhead of Tyson New Ventures, LLC for the three months ended March 28, 2020, $4 million for the three months ended March 30, 2019, and $4 million and $5 million for the six months ended March 28, 2020, and March 30, 2019, respectively.

The following tables further disaggregate our sales to customers by major distribution channels (in millions):



	Three months ended March 28, 2020
	Consumer Products^(a)		Foodservice^(b)		International^(c)		Industrial and Other^(d)		Intersegment			Total
Beef	$	1,907	$	1,004	$	605	$	362	$	101		$	3,979
Pork	383		99		274		325		185			1,266
Chicken	1,550		1,239		167		428		13			3,397
Prepared Foods	1,225		778		34		43		—			2,080
International/Other	—		—		465		—		—			465
Intersegment	—		—		—		—		(299		)	(299		)
Total	$	5,065	$	3,120	$	1,545	$	1,158	$	—		$	10,888



	Three months ended March 30, 2019
	Consumer Products^(a)		Foodservice^(b)		International^(c)		Industrial and Other^(d)		Intersegment			Total
Beef	$	1,811	$	1,057	$	573	$	343	$	100		$	3,884
Pork	334		93		210		324		211			1,172
Chicken	1,463		1,307		155		469		13			3,407
Prepared Foods	1,190		755		20		62		—			2,027
Other	—		—		277		—		—			277
Intersegment	—		—		—		—		(324		)	(324		)
Total	$	4,798	$	3,212	$	1,235	$	1,198	$	—		$	10,443



	Six months ended March 28, 2020
	Consumer Products^(a)		Foodservice^(b)		International^(c)		Industrial and Other^(d)		Intersegment			Total
Beef	$	3,764	$	2,049	$	1,119	$	688	$	197		$	7,817
Pork	783		216		554		685		407			2,645
Chicken	2,939		2,546		328		849		27			6,689
Prepared Foods	2,436		1,624		71		89		—			4,220
International/Other	—		—		963		—		—			963
Intersegment	—		—		—		—		(631		)	(631		)
Total	$	9,922	$	6,435	$	3,035	$	2,311	$	—		$	21,703



	Six months ended March 30, 2019
	Consumer Products^(a)		Foodservice^(b)		International^(c)		Industrial and Other^(d)		Intersegment			Total
Beef	$	3,662	$	2,074	$	1,201	$	683	$	190		$	7,810
Pork	671		184		435		635		426			2,351
Chicken	2,835		2,437		312		911		27			6,522
Prepared Foods	2,465		1,544		44		123		—			4,176
Other	—		—		420		—		—			420
Intersegment	—		—		—		—		(643		)	(643		)
Total	$	9,633	$	6,239	$	2,412	$	2,352	$	—		$	20,636

(a) Includes sales to consumer products and food retailers, such as grocery retailers, warehouse club stores and internet-based retailers.

(b) Includes sales to foodservice distributors, restaurant operators, hotel chains and noncommercial foodservice establishments such as schools, convenience stores, healthcare facilities and the military.

(c) Includes sales to international markets for internationally produced products or export sales of domestically produced products.

(d) Includes sales to industrial food processing companies that further process our product to sell to end consumers and any remaining sales not included in the Consumer Products, Foodservice or International categories.